pdc+++ module 1 class 7, thinking tools
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Class 1.7 of the PDC+++What makes some
people very effective at realizing their dreams
whilst other people struggle?
In this class we investigate how to increase personal intelligence,
and how it's interconnected with emotional intelligence,
habits of highly effective people
and some nifty tools for thinking and co-create powerfully with others.
Thinking Tools• The 7 Habits
• The First Habit
• Design a MasterMind Group
• Thinking Tools
• The 6 Hats
• PMI & Others
PDC+++class1.7
Thinking Tools• The 7 Habits• The First Habit
• Design a MasterMind Group
• Thinking Tools
• The 6 Hats
• PMI & Others
PDC+++class1.7
7 Habits for highly effective people
Stephen Covey
Stephen Coveystudied the “literature of success”, since
1776
* First 150 years (1926)- Character Ethics(integrity, humility, courage, justice, patience, dedication, simplicity, etc.).
CONTENT
*next 50 years (1976) - Ethics of Personality(public image, attitudes and behaviors, skills and techniques)
FORM
CONTENT
FORM
One of the "upside-down world" things ...
EthicsPeople CareEarth Care
Limits to Population and Consumption
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
Sow a thought harvest an action sow an action harvest a habit
Sow a habitharvest a
charactersow a
characterharvest a
destiny
PermaCulture is based on
> > > ACTION
Knowledge(what to do
& why)
Skills(how to do it)
Will(want to do it)
HABITS
well internalized
principles and
behavior patterns
”Habits”?
¿”Effective”?
Taking care of the Production /
Production Capacity Law
(RELATION not EXPLOITATION, Everything affects Everything)
Based on Principles> Long-Term Maximum Benefit (content not form + Mini-Max)
&
Maturity
Continuum or
natural succession
1 2 3 4 5 6 7HABITS > 6
increase natural
succession Principle
Maturity
Continuum or
natural succession
Dependence
Independence
Interdependence
Psychological
Development
Child > Adolescent > Adult > Citizen >
SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
CO-OPERATIONPC DIRECTIVES >
DependenceChild >
Dependence isThe YOU paradigm
Dependent peopleneed others to get what they want
YOU take care of me
You make me happy
YOU disappoint me
I blame on you for the results
Independence
Adolescent >
INDEPENDENCE is the I paradigm
Independent Peoplecan get what they want through their own efforts
I can do it
I am responsible
I can decide
InterdependenceAdult >
INTERDEPENDENCE isthe WE paradigm
WE can do it
WE can cooperate
We can combine our talents and skills & create something big together
Inter-Dependent Peoplecombine their own efforts with the efforts of others
to achieve their greatest hits
InterdependenceAdult > Citizen >
NEVER DOUBTthat a committed
groupof citizens
can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing
that ever has.
Margaret Mead
1 2 3 4 5 6 7HABITS >
PersonalSuccess
PublicSuccess
Independence
Interdependence
GlobalSuccess
6
GLOBALSUCCESS
Thinking Tools• The 7 Habits
• The First Habit• Design a MasterMind Group
• Thinking tools
• The 6 hats
• PMI & Others
PDC+++class1.7
1. Proactivitythe Habit of responsibility
Outcome: Freedom.Decision to act from our rationality,
Not from our programming.
to Act from our
rationality,
NOT from our
programming.
DECISION
Close your eyes...
Pro
Active
Pro
Active
Awareness of yourself ("Self-consciousness ")
WE CAN THINK ABOUT THE PROCESS THOUGHT ITSELF - typically human, is what makes us so flexible and able to change the world.We can learn quickly from generation to generation. (learning from experiences of others, not just ours)
but ..
You are NOT your feelings
You are NOT your moods
You are not your thoughts
we can separate and "see" ourselves .. and other
The paradigm of ourselves
Until we can consider how we see ourselves (and as we see others) we can not understand how others look and feel ABOUT themselves ...
WITHOUT CONSCIENCE (unaware) we will project our intentions on their behavior, thinking that we are objective.
This severely limits our potential and our ability to
relate well with others.The paradigm of ourselves
"you never arrive on time""Why you can't be tidy?
"You're an artist! ""you eat like a horse!
"I do not believe you won that""This is so simple .. why you don't understand? "
The social mirrorIf the only views we have of ourselves come from the social mirror ...
We are largely determinedby the conditioning and conditions
The current cultural mirror
1) your grandparents did it to you (genetic determinism)2) your parents did it to you (psychological determinism)
3) your boss /partner /son /economic /domestic policy did it to you (environmental determinism)
Pavlov's TheoryStimulus - Response
Pattern recognition
Victor Frankl
Victor Frankl
The last of human freedoms
The Pro-Active model
He could decide within himself how all this would affect him
stimulus response
The last of human freedoms
Be Pro-Active
response
freedom to choosefree will
self-consciousness
imaginationIndependentwill
ethicscommitment
values
stimulus
Be Pro-Active
response
the freedom to choose our answer
RESPONSE ABILITY
Highly proactive people recognize this responsibility X
Choicesbased onVALUES
NOT in conditionsSENSATIONS
stimulus
Being Pro-active
response
Being reactive
response
guided by stimuli, feelings, emotions, the environment (sun-happy, rain-depressed), or social environment (very concerned about how others feel, how they treat them)
stimulus
stimulus
Being Pro-Active
response
Eleanor Roosevelt - "No one can hurt you without your consent"
Gandhi – "no one can not take away your self-respect unless you give it to them"
stimulus
Being pro-active
Taking the initiative
IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTIONYOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM
Why we don't do it?actor
be acted upon
NOT the same as 'positive thinking!
PROBLEM = SOLUTION
Reactive language a self-fulfilling prophecy
I can't do anything about it let's look at the alternatives
I am how I am I can choose another wayit makes me angry I choose my feelings
they don't allow it I can create an effective presentation
I have to do it I decide an appropriate response
I can't I decideI have to ... I prefer ...
if only ... I will ..
absolve us of responsibility Pro-Active Language
IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTIONYOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM
Love
"it's just that I don't love her anymore"
a verb (to Love)a feeling (Love)
a self-fulfilling prophecy
absolve us of responsibility Pro-Active Language
IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTIONYOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM
DependenceChild >
Dependence isThe YOU paradigm
Dependent peopleneed others to get what they want
YOU take care of me
You make me happy
YOU disappoint me
I blame on you for the results
Circle of Interest&
Circle of Influence
non-interestcircle ofinterest
circle of influence
to which part to you dedicate more time & energy?
non-interestcircle ofinterest
Pro-Active Focus
people with a pro-active focus work with the things they can affect, note & maximize resources that they DO have
& what works well
circle of influence
reactive people loose a lot of energy in things they cannot change, in what they DON'T have or in what DOESN'T work,
etc.
circle of influence
circle ofinterest
Pro-Active Focus
“confessing” others' sins
“volunteering” others
some “toxic” habits
Pro-Active Focus
circle of influence
circle ofinterest
Appreciating
Thinking in creative ways
some “fertilizing” habits
START VERY SMALL
PROBLEM = SOLUTIONMINI-MAX
NO-LIMITS IMAGINATION
Pro-Active Focus
circle of influence
consequences
we are free to choose our actionsbut we do NOT choose the consequences
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLESETHICS
EVERYTHING AFFECTS EVERYTHING
“The Other End of the Stick”
errors
horrible consequences of our past actions are in our circle of interest
how we REPAIR & LEARN from them is in our circle of influence
CYBLING ENERGYPEOPLE-CARE
“The Other End of the Stick”
PROBLEM = SOLUTION
other thingsthat are INSIDE
our circle of influence
PromisesCommitments
Objectives
circle of influence
Pro-Active Focus
exercise for 28 days
Pro
Active
* work only in your Circle of Influence* make small commitments & keep them
* be a light, not a judge
* be part of the solution, not part of the problem
* don't justify others' weaknesses, or your own
* when you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, & learn from it -
immediately
* don't enter into accusing or blaming modalities
* look at others' error with compassion, not accusation
*listen to your language: when do you use reactive language (if only, can't, etc.) ?
* Remember that you are Respons-Able
* CHOOSE to be a Pro-Active Person - a PermaCulture Designer!
HÁBITO 1Práctica
circle of influence
Pro-Active Focus
Thinking Tools• The 7 Habits
• The First Habit
• Design a MasterMind Group• Thinking Tools
• The 6 Hats
• PMI & Others
PDC+++class1.7
Mini-Design -GroupCírculo
deEstudio
PRACTICE
1 weekPoster
Leaflet
Programme(flexible)
using the Thinking Tools that follow
MasterMind group
Thinking Tools• The 7 Habits
• The First Habit
• Design a MasterMind Group
• Thinking Tools• The 6 Hats
• PMI & Others
PDC+++class1.7
response
freedom to choosefree will
self-consciousness
imaginationIndependentwill
ethicscommitment
values
stimulus
Thinking about Thinking = expanding
consciousness
Bloom's Taxonomy
How to Teach your Childhow to Think Edward De Bono
<< www.PermaCultureScience
.org
"We can Analyze the past but we
have to DESIGN the
future"
Thinking Tools• The 7 Habits
• The First Habit
• Design a MasterMind Group
• Thinking Tools
• The 6 Hats• PMI & Others
PDC+++class1.7
The 6 Thinking Hats
Edward DeBono 1991
There are 6 Ways of Thinking
Thinking in Parallel=
we think in the same way at the same time
“we on put the same hat at the same time”
AVOID CONFLICT
What are the 6 Ways of Thinking?
The 6 Thinking Hats:
White suggests paper, this hat is about information. When we use the white hat, we ask this type of questions: What information do we have? What information do we need ? What questions should I be making? The white hat is used to bring attention to the information we have or are lacking.
White hat: base of the information
What do we know? “Ingredients”
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
NASA study on errors
90% of mistakes are caused by perception errors
(lack of incoming information or incorrect information, irrelevant, etc.)
Byron Katie (enquiry)
1st step – expose in writing all your perceptions
2nd step – ask honestly for each one: "is it true?"
3rd step - ask: “can I know with any certainty this is
true?”
Red suggests heat & fire. The red hat has to do with feelings, intuitions & emotions. You might not know why you like or dislike something. When we use the red hat you have the chance to express your feelings without giving any explanation. Your feelings exist & the red hat permits you to have them known.
Red hat: feelings, intuition,
presencing & emotion
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
The black hat is without question the one we tend to use the most. Black reminds us of the judges' robes. The black hat is about precaution, it stops us from doing things that could be harmful. The black hats signals risks & the causes for which something might not work. Without the black hat we'd always be in trouble. However we must not make too much use of this hat because it can be dangerous. Black hat:
difficulties, dangers, precaution
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
Yellow suggests bright sun & optimism. Using the yellow hat we make an effort to find the valuable & beneficial of a suggestion: What is good about this? Even if we don't like an idea, the yellow hat asks us to find the positive points. Which are the benefits? Who will benefit?, How will the benefits be made effective? What are its different values? Yellow hat
seeks do-ability, benefits & the value in the ideas
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
The colour green suggests vegetation, which relates to energy & life. The green hat is the hat of new energy. Using the green hat we make proposals & we put out new ideas & alternatives. Using this hat you suggest variations & modifications to the proposed ideas. The green hat permits us to express possibilities. When the green hat is in use, everyone makes an effort to be creative. Green hat
new ideas, alternatives, creative suggestions
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
The blue hat is for looking at the thought process in itself. What is the next action? What have we achieved till now? We use the blue hat at the beginning of a discussion in order to define what we are thinking & to decide what we need to achieve at the end of the thinking process. The blue hat can be used to organize the sequence of hats that we use, as well as to summarize what we have achieved.
Blue hatrequires summaries,
conclusions & decisions
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
In which order are they used?
There isn't one correct sequence - depends on circumstances
We can just use some, or all; in the order that you wish ... but: (guides)
1) Each hat can be used several times in the same sequence
2) In general it is better to use the yellow hat before the black one
3) Black (weaknesses) > green (overcome weaknesses) > black (assessment)
4) Black at the end (in order to assess an idea) > Red (how we feel)
5) If there are strong emotions around an idea, start with the red hat
6) If there are no strong feelings, start with the white hat (recollect information)
> green (generate alternatives) > yellow > black (assessment)
> select alternatives > black > red
Looking for an idea
Reacting to an idea
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Rapid assessment of an idea
To generate ideas
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to improve an idea
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to collect ideas & generate alternatives
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to see if the thinking brought some benefit
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Summary
White: neutral & objective, based in facts & numbers
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
Red: the emotional vision
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
Black: care & precaution
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
YelloW: optimism, positive thinking
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
Green: fertile growth, creativity & new ideas
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
Blue: calm, organization
The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward DeBono 1991
A tool for avoiding unnecessary conflict & think
better
The 6 Thinking Hats
Thinking Tools• The 7 Habits
• The First Habit
• Design a MasterMind Group
• Thinking Tools
• The 6 Hats
• PMI & Others
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PMI
• +++ Plus
• - - - Minus
• ** * Interesting
eg. PMI on doing the MiniDesign group
+ design practice+ with
colleagues+ quick+ useful product+ multi-
functional
- timeeee!- doubts how
- don't understand it
very well ..- ...- ...
* how to communicat
e* other people
* ... * ...
Class 1.7 of the PDC+++What makes some
people very effective at realizing their dreams / DESIGNS whilst other
people struggle? In this class we investigate
how to increase personal intelligence, and how it's interconnected with emotional intelligence,
habits of highly effective people
and some nifty tools for thinking and co-create powerfully with others.